Potter v. Scottish Ministers – Times Law Reports

Posted April 4th, 2007 in law reports by sally

Prison telephone call policy breaches inmate’s rights

Potter v. Scottish Ministers

Court of Session, Outer House 

“There was no lawful authority for interference with a prisoner’s right to private and family life by the imposition of a policy under which a message was played to the recipient of his telephone calls stating that the call was being made from a prison. ”

The Times, 4th April 2007

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